Coney Island
From where is the name of Conay Island?There no straigth answer because ther a lot of theoriesto the origenal name.Choose the one you like or think is the best way Conay Island gatta hes name. 1)"Konjn Kok"was the origenal Dutch name the fist man evolved to conyne.
(Island by the English and later to the easier osunding Coney Island).Konjn is the Dutch word for rabbit.there werer domesicate rabbits on the island duringthe 18th and 19th centuries when the first mariner visited it. 2)because of a sound th"a the wind did.when the wind blown the sand into trucated cones.Thus the name "coney" used as an adjective describe islan appearance. 3)Egber Benson a judge in a report to the NYHS in 1816 say that "coney"camefrom "Cnyn" the name of a Dutch family that once lived at the beach.
4)Also believed thet the name came after Jonh Coleman
who died abord the Hudsons "Half Moon" ship who was killed by the Indians.The name evolve to Coney Island.
by felipe vergara
(Island by the English and later to the easier osunding Coney Island).Konjn is the Dutch word for rabbit.there werer domesicate rabbits on the island duringthe 18th and 19th centuries when the first mariner visited it. 2)because of a sound th"a the wind did.when the wind blown the sand into trucated cones.Thus the name "coney" used as an adjective describe islan appearance. 3)Egber Benson a judge in a report to the NYHS in 1816 say that "coney"camefrom "Cnyn" the name of a Dutch family that once lived at the beach.
4)Also believed thet the name came after Jonh Coleman
who died abord the Hudsons "Half Moon" ship who was killed by the Indians.The name evolve to Coney Island.
by felipe vergara
posted by harbor9 at 10:49 AM
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